I'm from Barcelona is a Swedish pop group from

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, Sweden, best known for its 29 band members and

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mix of instruments such as

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s, and keyboards among others. While most band members provide

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on releases and during live performances, Emanuel Lundgren is founder, principal

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and

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for the group. In 2006 the band released an EP entitled '' Don't Give Up on Your Dreams, Buddy!'' as well as a full-length album, '' Let Me Introduce My Friends'' – both of which were well-received critically. Their second full-length album, '' Who Killed Harry Houdini?'', was released in October 2008.

History

Sometime in 2005 Emanuel Lundgren wrote several songs and gathered his friends to record them. Weeks later, a homemade EP was completed and a one-time live show featuring all 29 band members was performed in August 2005. I'm from Barcelona's story was only beginning, however, as the Swedish media and bloggers around the world started buzzing about the band.

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signed the band and

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released the EP ''Don't Give Up On Your Dreams, Buddy!'' on February 15, 2006 featuring the band's first hit "We’re From Barcelona", named as an homage to the Spanish waiter

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, a character on

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''. guardian.co.uk Retrieved on 6 June 2018. Their debut full-length, entitled ''Let Me Introduce My Friends'', was released on April 26, 2006 in Sweden, with international releases to follow including an EMI UK release on 11 September 2006. In July 2008, it was announced that the band would be releasing a full-length album in fall 2008, entitled ''Who Killed Harry Houdini?'' The album features French singer

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on the track "Gunhild". The album was released on October 14, 2008 and to promote it they toured the UK finishing at the Scala, London on the 25th of November 2008. They also made an appearance on the children's program ''

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'' in 2008. Their song "The Painter" appeared in the CBS television show ''

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'', in the episode " Everything Must Go", aired on May 12, 2008. A version of their song "Get in Line" has been used in European adverts for

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cheese since 2012, whereby the band re-recorded the song with a children's choir.

Members

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

;Other singles *2005: "Sing!!" *2006: "Collection of Stamps" *2006: "Treehouse" *2006: "Britney" *2008: "Paper Planes" *2009: "The Painter" *2011: "Come On" *2011: "Always Spring" *2011: "Oversleeping" *2011: "Headphones" *2012: "Battleships"

Music videos

*"Collection of Stamps" By Daniel Eskils & Johan Junker *"We're From Barcelona" By Andreas Nilsson & Rasmus Hägg *"Violins"

Collaborations

*"Here We Go A Wassailing" on the ''

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'' movie soundtrack (2007). *''Adventure Kid'' Emanuel Lundgren, the creative motor of I'm from Barcelona and the electronica/bitpop artist Kristoffer Ekstrand also known as Adventure Kid shocked the audience by forming a two men strong electronic I'm from Barcelona in fall of 2006. A remix of the band's ''We're From Barcelona'' recorded by Adventure Kid has been played at the end of the band's shows during 2006 *''

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References

External links

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